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Fast & Fabulous: 32 Best Packaged Foods for Families

More than 40 kids and their parents taste-tested 100-plus convenience foods that met our nutritional criteria, like being free of artificial food dyes and having little or no added sugar. Put these winners in your shopping cart

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Tyson Dinner Kit Tomato Herb Chicken & Vegetable Pasta

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Heat the kit’s ingredients with water in a skillet for about 20 minutes. The pasta, lightly coated in tomato sauce, sold the kid testers, but they also ate up the grilled chicken, carrots, and other veggies.

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Perdue Simply Smart Organics Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Strips

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A great transition between chicken nuggets and grilled chicken, these moist, tender strips contain just a single gram of saturated fat. “My kids didn’t miss the extra breading, and I even chopped up leftovers to put in a salad for lunch the next day,” one mom said.

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Beetnik Organic Grass-Fed Beef Meatballs

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Simmer these 16 fully cooked meatballs (they’re golf-ball-size) in jarred tomato sauce for about ten minutes. Then spoon into toasted sub rolls or serve with pasta. “I’ve finally found delicious frozen meatballs that are made with gluten-free breadcrumbs,” said a mom tester.

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Michael Angelo’s Meal Starter Chicken Bruschetta

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There’s nothing in this chicken bruschetta’s shortlist of ingredients that you wouldn’t recognize. “My son complimented me on how tender the chicken tasted,” said one mom. “I’ll take it, even though I only popped the tray in the oven and had a glass of wine.”

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Outsiders Pizza Company Detroit Style Pizza Three Cheese

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Motor City pizza is a thing! Kid testers and parents gushed about this rectangular pie with a crust thicker than New York–style but not as thick as deep-dish Chicago. It’s topped with a blend of fontina, white cheddar, and Wisconsin brick cheese. “I hid the leftovers from the kids,” confessed one mom.

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Ortega Bakeable Tortilla Bowl Kit

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Round up your kid helpers to mold the kit’s four flour tortillas into bowls. “My daughter sat in front of the oven watching them get crisp,” said one mom. “She thought they were so much more fun than taco shells.”

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Barilla Red Lentil Pasta

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Hello, protein! Kids score 13 grams’ worth—more than what they’d get in two large eggs—in a single serving of this pasta. Testers ate the brand’s penne and rotini shapes with as much gusto as they eat regular pasta.

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Tillamook Sauce Starter Three Cheese

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Combine milk with this kit’s contents: a blend of coarsely shredded Colby Jack, medium cheddar, and Monterey Jack, plus a seasoning packet. Then stir the sauce into your favorite cooked pasta. “My kids also liked using the cheese sauce as a dip for broccoli and other veggies,” one mom reported.

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Stacy’s Cheese Petites Parmesan With Rosemary

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Flavors like rosemary sound too fancy for kids, but trust us, even toddlers couldn’t keep their hands off these über-cheesy hexagon-shaped crackers.“ The texture and flavor is even better than a Parmesan crisp,” raved one mom.

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Angie’s Boomchickapop Microwave Popcorn

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The short, easy-to-read ingredients list and the genius packaging that doubles as a bowl melted our hearts. Testers liked both the sea-salt and the real-butter varieties; each has 35 calories per cup. (Serve popcorn only to kids ages 4 and up.)

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Athens Phyllo Shell

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The cute little cups we’ve long used for savory apps now come in graham-cracker and chocolate flavors. Crisp them in the oven for a few minutes and spoon in a sweet filling, like marshmallow crème and mini chocolate chips.

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Dole Slawsome! Kit Fiesta Lime

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Our kid testers were way more into this twist on coleslaw—found in the refrigerated section—than the classic. A zesty cilantro-lime dressing that you mix into the shredded cabbage and carrots is the magic ingredient. High praise from a 6-year-old: “It’s even better than ranch.”

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Stonyfield Organic Whole Milk Yogurt Pouch

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Clever combos, like blueberry-apple-carrot and pear-spinach-mango, helped this pouch stand out from the sea of options. It contains about half the sugar of the average yogurt and is fortified with bone-building vitamin D.

Sun-Maid Mixed Berry Sour Raisin Snacks

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Quaker Kids Organic Blueberry Whole Grain Bites

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These bites have the texture of cookies and the aroma and flavor of blueberry muffins. And since they’re made with whole-oat and whole-wheat flours and not so much sugar, they definitely qualify as a healthy-ish treat.

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Skippy P.B. & Jelly Minis

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This pouch of three tiny sammies—made with whole-grain bread, natural creamy peanut butter, and grape jelly—defrosts in your kid’s lunch box. “I worried that the bread might get soggy, but my daughter told me it was yummy,” said one mom.